Poor design is easy to spot. Poor design is the chair that makes our back ache, that purse zipper that looks great but doesn’t close properly, that lightswitch in the wrong place. Poor design is that new glass roof on the office atrium that looks amazing, but in summer cooks the reception staff until they’re medium rare. It’s that airplane seat that’s apparently designed for contortionists and ...
You’ll have noticed that the clean lines and simple functionality of modern design make any home or work space look good. But modern design is also good for people, too, because the principles of modern design have ergonomics embedded into its DNA.
Yes, modern design was ergonomic before ergonomics was a thing.
Ergonomics 101 and a little history lesson
Ergonomics is the study of and design...